Determining the Relative Importance of Predictors in Logistic Regression: An Extension of Relative Weight Analysis

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 767-781

  Tonidandel, Scott ^a   LeBreton, James M ^b  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dominance analysis; logistic regression; relative importance; relative weight analysis; relative weights

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956454808     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428109341993     Document Type: Article

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